Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 15:23
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 592 79% 589 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 160 Parallax 140 126% 151 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 152 Splatting 117 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.03.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (A7) Unknown 100 100 83 (A8) Unknown 100 100 351 (A9) Unknown 100 100 358 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 190 (AE) Unknown 100 100 129 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 93 399432482841 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1569 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1569 (F1) Unknown 253 253 34153783795 (F2) Unknown 253 253 49443266489 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	83% Excellent	Read 453 Write 322 Mixed 349 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 23.3 116% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 58.9 94% 182 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 124999114 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6515005 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -77236396880879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 243 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 124999114 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131279970372587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2911931122 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5532409649	77.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 109 Mixed 75.5 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2.13 4K Write 5.53 4K Mixed 0.35 230% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 112 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 54 30333773341 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2877 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 34 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 572522528 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3243 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 3 112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25713969234804 (F1) Unknown 100 253 679948783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1285924493	67.2% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.46 95% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%
25 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 13GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 51.9 Write 26.5 Mixed 24.6 39% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.47 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.23 42% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16